NEWS FLASH    G5 govs arrive Oyo for Makinde’s campaign
NewsPolitics
Prime News

Obasanjo Ally, Former Military Administrator Tunji Olurin Dies At 77

By Sola Adeyemi

Former Military Administrator of Oyo State Brig-Gen. Tunji Olurin (rtd.) is dead.

Olurin, well known ally of former president Olusegun Obasanjo, died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in the early hours of Saturday, according to family source at 77 years of age.

The deceased’s brother, Funso Olurin, disclosed this in Abeokuta on Saturday .

According to him, Olurin died after a brief illness.

Olurin, who was also a former Military Administrator of Ekiti State from October 8, 2006 until April 27, 2007, hailed from Ilaro in Ogun West Senatorial District of Ogun State.

He was the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate in the 2011 general election in Ogun State.

Olurin, a Field Commander of ECOMOG Peacekeeping Force in Liberia from 1992 to 1993 during the First Liberian Civil War, retired from service in 1993.

Tags

Related Articles

Close